Safe Kids and FedEx Halloween Safety Tips & A GIVEAWAY (5 GOODY BAGS)

Yesterday I wrote about FedEx and Safe Kids working together to ensure that our kids are safe and protected while trick or treating on Halloween. Now for more information and a GIVEAWAY.

Super Halloween Safety Tips

Top safety tips Safe Kids and FedEx recommend for parents:

Cross the street safely at corners, using traffic signals and
crosswalks. Look left, right and left again when crossing and keep looking
as you cross. Walk, don’t run, across the
street.

Walk on sidewalks or paths. If there are no sidewalks,
walk facing traffic as far to the left as possible. Children should walk
on direct routes with the fewest street crossings.

Slow down and stay alert - watch out for cars that are
turning or backing up and never dart out into the street or cross in
between parked cars.

Costumes
can be both creative and safe. Decorate costumes and bags with reflective tape or
stickers and, if possible, choose light colors. Masks can obstruct a
child's vision, so choose non-toxic face paint and make-up whenever
possible instead. Have kids carry glow sticks or flashlights in order to
see better, as well as be seen by drivers.

Be especially alert and take extra time to look for kids at intersections,
on medians and on curbs. Children are excited on Halloween and may move in
unpredictable ways.

Reduce
any distractions
inside your car, such as talking on the phone or eating, so you can
concentrate on the road and your surroundings.

About Safe Kids Walk This Way

In 1999, Safe
Kids Worldwide and FedEx created the Safe Kids Walk This Way program in the
United States to teach safe behaviors to motorists and child pedestrians and
create safer, more walkable communities through education, awareness, research
and actual physical improvements to the spaces where child pedestrians are most
at risk. As part of the FedEx commitment to learning about the issues
that impact road safety, advancing safe driving practices and improving safety
conditions in the communities in which FedEx operates, the Walk This Way
program has made significant progress in accelerating child pedestrian safety,
particularly among younger children. Over the past 13 years, the Walk This Way
program has expanded to include Brazil, Canada, China, India, Mexico, South
Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines where it has educated more than 4
million children.

For more tips on how to help kids become safer pedestrians on
Halloween, as well as throughout the year, visit www.safekids.org and visit
our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/safekidsusa. Thanks to Safe Kids & Fed Ex my readers have the opportunity to win Trick Or Treating bags like the photo above.